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12/1/2009 1 SarahShewell GEOG 475/575: Digital Compilation and Database Design November 17 th 2009 ESRI Geometric Network What is a geometric network? Geometric networks offer a way to model common networks and infrastructures found in the real world. Roads, Sewer Systems, Power Grids, Telephone Lines, Rivers &Streams can be represented in a geometric network

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Sarah Shewell GEOG 475/575: Digital Compilation and Database Design November 17 th 2009 

ESRI Geometric Network 

What is a geometric network? 

•Geometric networks offer a way to model common networks and infrastructures found in the real world. ▫ Roads, Sewer Systems, Power Grids, Telephone Lines, Rivers &Streams can be represented in a geometric network

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What is a geometric network in ArcGIS? 

• Geometric networks are created in ArcCatalog and stored as a relationship class within a geodatabase feature dataset. 

Geometric Network and Logical Network 

• A geometric network has a corresponding logical network. 

• The logical network is the physical representation of the network connectivity. 

• Can be visualized as a set of tables without geometry – associated with features in the network.

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•A geometric network uses  feature classes 

▫ The network is composed  of connected Edges and Junctions –  based on geometric coincidence of feature classes 

▫ Connectivity Rules – define behavior of network features, used to represent and model the behavior of a common network infrastructure in the real world. 

What are Geometric Networks made of? 

•  Edges are network features similar to simple line features. ▫  Line Feature Class : water mains, electrical transmission lines, gas pipelines, telephone lines, etc... 

•  Junctions ‐  facilitates the transfer of flow between edges, similar to pt features ▫  Point Feature Class: fuses, switches, service taps, valves, etc... 

•  Topologically connected to each other: ▫  Edges must connect to other edges at junctions 

Edges and Junctions

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Junction 

Edge 

Edges and Junctions 

Types of Edges 

•  User defined junctions ‐ Created based on point feature classes, correspond to a single junction element in the logical network. 

•  Orphan junctions ‐Will be inserted at the endpoint of any edge at which a  junction does not already exist, maintains network integrity 

Types of Junctions 

•  Simple Edges ‐ Edges end with junctions and junctions connect edges 

•  Complex Edges ‐ Complex edge features are created by connecting features to an edge without splitting them at junctions

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• Flow moves from Sources       Sinks in the Geometric Network ▫ Junction features: AncillaryRole  Field is added to the feature class = source, sink,or neither a source nor a sink. 

• This can be used to map flow in ArcGIS 

• Useful to map changes in flow when Junctions are altered (Disabled/Enabled) 

Sources and Sinks

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Network Weights A weight can be used to represent the cost of traversing an element in the logical network 

Example: Pressure lost along a network of pipes because of friction in the pipes 

Creating a new, empty network •  In ArcCatalog you can create, design, and build a geometric network from scratch. 

Building a geometric network from existing data •  ArcCatalog contains a wizard that creates a geometric network from existing data. 

• When creating a geometric network feature classes may need to be snapped together to create connectivity. ▫  Similar to the Cracking and Clustering in Topology 

Creating Geometric Networks

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Managing a geometric network 

• More complicated than managing a single entity, such as a table, shapefile, or feature class 

• A geometric network is an association among several feature classes and is represented by several tables in the database – §  Manipulating the network involves all of 

these components 

•  ArcCatalog can be used to Delete or Copy the Geometric Network

Questions! 

1. What is a Geometric Network? 

2. What is a Logical Network? 

3. Where and how are Geometric Networks stored in a Geodatabase? 

4. What is the purpose of setting sources and sinks in a Geometric Network?

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References 

ArcGIS Desktop Help 9.2: Geometric Networks http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=Managing_a_geometri c_network 

ESRI Building Geodatabases, Chapter 7: Geometric Networks I:\Students\Data\GIS\ArcGIS Documentation\ArcGIS9.1_documentation\ESRI_Library\